Devgaon Village

Devgaon Village, with population of 1224 is Vada sub district's the 38th most populous village, located in Vada sub district of Thane district in the state Maharashtra in India. Total geographical area of Devgaon village is 4 km2 and it is the 72nd biggest village by area in the sub district. Population density of the village is 318 persons per km2.

Nearest town of the village is Bhiwandi and distance from Devgaon village to Bhiwandi is 36 km. Pin code of Devgaon village is 421312. Vada is the sub district head quarter and the distance from the village is 52 km. District head quarter of the village is Thane which is 55 km away.

Demographics

The village is home to 1224 people, among them 613 (50%) are male and 611 (50%) are female. 1% of the whole population are from general caste, 0% are from schedule caste and 99% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Devgaon village is 16%, among them 47% are boys and 53% are girls. There are 282 households in the village and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Growth of population

Population of the village has increased by 53.4% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 798. Female population growth rate of the village is 60.4% which is 13.4% higher than male population growth rate of 47%. General caste population has decreased by -25%; Schedule caste population has decreased by -20%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 55.1% and child population has increased by 91.3% in the village since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 997 females per 1000 male in the village. Sex ratio in general caste is 800, in schedule caste is 333 and in schedule tribe is 1002. There are 1118 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the village. Overall sex ratio in the village has increased by 83 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 211 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total 587 people in the village are literate, among them 346 are male and 241 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Devgaon is 57%. 67% of male and 48% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the village has decreased by -4%. Male literacy has gone down by -5% and female literacy rate has gone down by 0%.

Workers profile

Devgaon has 57% (692) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 65% male and 48% female population are working population. 45% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 21% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 40% of total female population are main and 8% are marginal workers.